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The CEC allowed a human rights organization to observe the elections in constituency No. 206 in Chernihiv
The Law of Ukraine “On Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine” allows public organizations to have official observers during the elections of people’s deputies. The Central Election Commission of Ukraine, by Resolution No. 133 of May 24, 2016, granted permission to the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights to have official observers during the by-elections of people’s…
Human rights activists help displaced people get their pensions back
At the end of April 2016, the lawyers of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights were contacted by a displaced person B. She left Makiivka, Donetsk region, for Hlukhiv, Sumy region, in order to avoid the negative consequences of the armed conflict, manifestations of violence and mass violations of human rights. All this has been observed…
Public assessment of the quality of work of courts in Chernihiv region – research results
On May 11, 2016, in the conference hall of the Court of Appeal of Chernihiv Oblast, a presentation of an analytical report prepared based on the results of monitoring the accessibility and quality of the functioning of the judiciary, which was conducted in the courts of Chernihiv Oblast during November-December 2015, took place.
The round table was attended by the…
Human rights activists won the case regarding social payments to displaced persons
In April 2016, a confused internally displaced person, who currently lives in Sumy, contacted the lawyers of the Chernihiv Public Committee for the Protection of Human Rights. As it turned out, since March 2016, she and her two children – boys aged 11 and 4 – had been stopped receiving monthly targeted assistance, the so-called “resettlement money”.
The reason is…
Public assessment of the quality of work of the Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court – research results
On April 28, 2016, a presentation of an analytical report prepared based on the results of monitoring the accessibility and quality of the functioning of the judiciary, which was conducted in November-December 2015 at the Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court, took place.
The roundtable was attended by the leadership and judges of the Kyiv Appeal Administrative Court, representatives of the court…
During a visit to the Chernihiv detention center, monitors received complaints about poor conditions of detention and unsatisfactory medical care.
Employees of the Secretariat of the VRU Commissioner for Human Rights, the regional coordinator of interaction with the public of the Commissioner in Chernihiv region, together with public monitors Maksym Anishchenko, Maryana Hevko, Oleksandr Komlev and Vira Yakovenko, conducted a monitoring visit to the Chernihiv pre-trial detention center.
Among the shortcomings identified by the monitors in the Chernihiv pre-trial detention…
The International Organization for Migration will provide financial assistance to vulnerable displaced people in Chernihiv region
IOM is extending its program of support to the most vulnerable categories of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine. The project “Unconditional Cash Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ukraine”, funded by the Government of Germany, will cover Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Donetsk and Luhansk (Government-controlled territories) regions in 2016.
Cash assistance…